Then she plays with the idea that his symbol is the changing moon, hers the fire-fed salamander, dangerous to those only who come too close.
The sun is a symbol of this creative power--by many even imagined to be its reality.
Wonder not," said his friend, "that God hates thesymbol of ancient error.
His dark, quivering plume was an aptsymbol of thought and passion beneath it.
There was no symbol of war in the long procession of its upper frieze, and its lower was like a sculptured song of peace wrought in fruits and bees and birds and blossoms.
If the serpent of Scotland is the symbol of an ancient faith surely that of Ohio is the same.
That symbol is today one of America's most treasured mementos, carefully guarded in the Nation's shrine at Mount Vernon.
Up in these everlasting hills, where He has manifested His wonderful power and left a symbol of His omnipotence, we can draw nearer the Creator than elsewhere.
Here, too, visitors find in the wonderful trees a symbol of something serene, protective, sacred, so like the man who once walked beneath them.
Another relic is the key of that grim prison, the Bastile, sent to Washington by Lafayette as a symbol of the overthrow of despotism and triumph of free government in France.
Footnote 3: She is often so represented, as the symbol of present Providence.
In Chinese society, woman occupies a shaded hemisphere--not inaptly represented by the dark portion in their national symbol the Yinyang-tse or Diagram of the Dual principles.
To the Chinese eye this garden was a striking symbol of what his gospel proposed to effect for the people.
The very fact of such persecution of the bridal pair is a symbol of that custom under which the retainers of the feudal lord jeered and flouted the bridegroom, throwing him into foul water,[45] and other most unseemly practices.
A few have been found in the ox (symbol of the priestly office,) but they are wanting in all birds, amphibia and fishes.
He swore by his sword, the symbol of the god of war, that he did not, as the enemy of Rome, construct a bridge upon the Save.
He declared himself independent, and as a token of defiance set up a great stone lion in Brunswick, and had the same symbol placed upon his standard, two lions supporting a shield beneath the white horse.
Now, whenever you look upon "The lion and the unicorn fighting for the crown," you will reflect how strange it is that this great and enlightened Christian nation should bear on its proud standard a symbol of pagan superstition.
On a victory over France, the symbol of France, a unicorn, was also added, the unicorn wearing a chain, to denote the subjection of France to England.
In old times the national symbol of England was the rose, of Scotland the thistle, of Ireland the shamrock, or clover.
God, according to their faith, is the emblem of glory, refulgence, and spiritual life; therefore they face the holy flame when praying as the most fitting symbol of the Deity.
More poetry and prose have been written about the Taj, with more allusions to it as a symbol of love, than of any other creation marking human affection--and the secret probably lies in the fact that all the world loves a lover.
Believing that this bed was the symbolof his glorification, Paphnutius had already begun to return thanks to God.
Or was it meant for the symbol of a greater sacrifice--a sacrifice of her former life?
Must this Puritanically misunderstood literal statement destroy man's dearest possession, the symbol of the reality?
Judas is the symbolof the godless world, which would no longer perceive God's presence, even if He came on earth once more.
Aye, the sad symbol speaks the truth--my strength is broken, my sovereignty vanished.
On the other side Mary rested under the richly carved gable with the ancient design of the clover leaf, the symbol of the Trinity, and directly opposite, the milk-wart nodded and swayed on the wall of the churchyard!
Then she had felt enrolled by this symbol in a mysterious army of sufferers and there her misery began.
Yet above them arched the rainbow, the symbol of peace and reconciliation, and under this she had made the oath which she now intended to break.
We're uncertain about that one," he remarked, laying his pencil on the map symbol for an M.
Thiepval was always in the background of the army's mind, the symbol of rankling memory which irritated British stubbornness and consoled the enemy for his defeat of July 15th and his gradual loss of the Ridge.
They had done the trick and this is the thing that counts on such occasions; but when you take trenches and fields, however great the gain of ground, they lack the concrete symbol of victory which a village possesses.
Fast as the fatal symbol flies, In arms the huts and hamlets rise; From winding glen, from upland brown, They pour'd each hardy tenant down.
Arrived at the next hamlet, the messenger delivered the symbol and the name of the rendezvous to the principal personage, who immediately forwarded them by a fresh messenger.
Woe to the clansman who shall view This symbol of sepulchral yew, Forgetful that its branches grew Where weep the heavens their holiest dew On Alpine's dwelling low!
Calumet of peace, a symbol of friendship peculiar to America, 280.
The bricks into which it was formed were intended to bear the lion which was also fashioned out of the same gold--the symbol of the burning sun, the image of the Lydian god.
No other affiliation ever assumed or copied this cap in any way and for a century it has stood bravely out as the symbol of Labor; and has been respected and recognized as the badge of a courageous and intelligent class.
As a symbolof a sacred obligation between men, it is fitting and unique.
The Paper Cap has added to its evident story a certain amount of mystery, favorable in so far as it permits us to exercise our ingenuity in devising a probable reason for its selection as the symbol of Labor.
Might it not be the symbol of that oath and a quiet recognition of brotherhood and comradeship in the wearing of it?
In their days the signs of the zodiac corresponded practically with the twelve constellations whose names they still bear, each division being represented by the symbol of some god, as the Scorpion, the Ram, the Twins, etc.
This eye, the symbolof sacrifice, became, next to the sacred beetle, the most common talisman of the country, and all museums are rich in models of the Horus eye in glass or stone.
In Greece, the serpent became a symbol of Apollo, and prophetic serpents were kept and fed at his shrine, as well as at that of his son, Asklepios.
The mystical character of the snake, and the natural dread and awe inspired by it, early made it a symbol of supernatural power.
In the history of law, symbol and the traces of symbol meet us at every turn.
The annals of Scotland boast one instance of a royal symbol much more regal than either of these two.
The normal symbol of seisin for a house in England, was (before the Act 7 and 8 Victoria ch.
Balliol, deprived of his royal ornaments, with the ermine stripped from his tabard, resigned his realm by the symbol of a white wand.
And apart from the place of the hat in the regulations of the tilting ring, it was occasionally used in Scotland as a symbol in connection with what were known as heirship goods.
In the latter country also, there were a good many special types of symbol characteristically appropriate to seisin in special kinds of property.
Upon being asked what it meant, he named the manor which he had by so homely a symbol bestowed for the good of his soul.
Another common symbol of enfranchisement was the delivery of an arrow, thought to denote the right confined to freemen of bearing arms.
In England and in Scotland, this rod symbol (fustis et baculus) also played a large part.
In the manumission or liberation of the slave, these coins struck off the head served the purpose of declaring him free, as did the companion symbol of open doors, or the placing him at four cross roads, and bidding him go whither he would.
The commonest conveyancing symbol for land in England was the formal delivery of turf or twig of the ground conveyed, made by a representative of the grantor, to a representative of the grantee.
Although Mr. Tyack has restricted himself to this country, this work is sufficiently complete for its purpose, which is to show the manifold uses to which the Cross, the symbol of the Christian Faith, has been put in Christian lands.
Whilst of course a crown was the standard symbol of investiture for a kingdom, inferior rights of principality were often typified by other things, such as a sword, a spear, or a banner.
The symbol called "shadow of a tree" really resembles sunlight in moving water.
The countess, prophetically conscious of her approaching fate, is looking up calmly and majestically to the figure of religion, and resting with confidence her left hand on the symbol of Christianity.
The symbol which accompanies the hero of Waterloo is that of imperishable strength, the British oak, "the triumpher of many storms.
An ostrich feather was a symbol of justice, because these feathers were supposed to be of equal length.
The symbol did not stand for the picture of the object it named but each symbol stood for the sound which composed part of the word.
The symbol for mother was a vulture because that bird was believed to nourish its young with its own blood.
The air of the room was charged with the rich smell of newly melted wax, and to Keith that smell was always the essence of Christmas, its chief symbol and harbinger.
Though the rod was little more than a symbol of family discipline, Keith always disliked its presence as a threat to his dignity if not to his hide.
Symbol of~: the representative of; the presence of a policeman is the outward form taken by the law in the eyes of the people.
The policeman appointed by the Chief Police Officer stands for a symbol and reminder of the Law.
